< Psalms 82 >
1 A Psalm for Asaph. God stands in the assembly of gods; and in the midst [of them] will judge gods.
Psalmus Asaph. Deus stetit in synagoga deorum; in medio autem deos dijudicat.
2 How long will you judge unrighteously, and accept the persons of sinners? (Pause)
Usquequo judicatis iniquitatem, et facies peccatorum sumitis?
3 Judge the orphan and poor: do justice to the low and needy.
Judicate egeno et pupillo; humilem et pauperem justificate.
4 Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor out of the hand of the sinner.
Eripite pauperem, et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate.
5 They know not, nor understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.
Nescierunt, neque intellexerunt; in tenebris ambulant: movebuntur omnia fundamenta terræ.
6 I have said, You are gods; and all [of you] children of the Most High.
Ego dixi: Dii estis, et filii Excelsi omnes.
7 But you die as men, and fall as one of the princes.
Vos autem sicut homines moriemini, et sicut unus de principibus cadetis.
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for you shall inherit all nations.
Surge, Deus, judica terram, quoniam tu hæreditabis in omnibus gentibus.